Companies Act 2006

[Pages:761]Companies Act 2006

CHAPTER 46

CONTENTS

PART 1

GENERAL INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Companies and Companies Acts 1 Companies 2 The Companies Acts

Types of company 3 Limited and unlimited companies 4 Private and public companies 5 Companies limited by guarantee and having share capital 6 Community interest companies

PART 2

COMPANY FORMATION

General 7 Method of forming company 8 Memorandum of association

Requirements for registration 9 Registration documents 10 Statement of capital and initial shareholdings 11 Statement of guarantee 12 Statement of proposed officers 13 Statement of compliance

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Registration and its effect 14 Registration 15 Issue of certificate of incorporation 16 Effect of registration

PART 3

A COMPANY'S CONSTITUTION

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTORY

17 A company's constitution

CHAPTER 2

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

General 18 Articles of association 19 Power of Secretary of State to prescribe model articles 20 Default application of model articles

Alteration of articles 21 Amendment of articles 22 Entrenched provisions of the articles 23 Notice to registrar of existence of restriction on amendment of articles 24 Statement of compliance where amendment of articles restricted 25 Effect of alteration of articles on company's members 26 Registrar to be sent copy of amended articles 27 Registrar's notice to comply in case of failure with respect to amended articles

Supplementary 28 Existing companies: provisions of memorandum treated as provisions of

articles

CHAPTER 3

RESOLUTIONS AND AGREEMENTS AFFECTING A COMPANY'S CONSTITUTION

29 Resolutions and agreements affecting a company's constitution 30 Copies of resolutions or agreements to be forwarded to registrar

CHAPTER 4

MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Statement of company's objects 31 Statement of company's objects

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Other provisions with respect to a company's constitution

32 Constitutional documents to be provided to members 33 Effect of company's constitution 34 Notice to registrar where company's constitution altered by enactment 35 Notice to registrar where company's constitution altered by order 36 Documents to be incorporated in or accompany copies of articles issued by

company

Supplementary provisions 37 Right to participate in profits otherwise than as member void 38 Application to single member companies of enactments and rules of law

PART 4

A COMPANY'S CAPACITY AND RELATED MATTERS

Capacity of company and power of directors to bind it

39 A company's capacity 40 Power of directors to bind the company 41 Constitutional limitations: transactions involving directors or their associates 42 Constitutional limitations: companies that are charities

Formalities of doing business under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland

43 Company contracts 44 Execution of documents 45 Common seal 46 Execution of deeds 47 Execution of deeds or other documents by attorney

Formalities of doing business under the law of Scotland 48 Execution of documents by companies

Other matters 49 Official seal for use abroad 50 Official seal for share certificates etc 51 Pre-incorporation contracts, deeds and obligations 52 Bills of exchange and promissory notes

PART 5

A COMPANY'S NAME

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

53 Prohibited names

Prohibited names

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Sensitive words and expressions 54 Names suggesting connection with government or public authority 55 Other sensitive words or expressions 56 Duty to seek comments of government department or other specified body

Permitted characters etc 57 Permitted characters etc

CHAPTER 2

INDICATIONS OF COMPANY TYPE OR LEGAL FORM

Required indications for limited companies 58 Public limited companies 59 Private limited companies 60 Exemption from requirement as to use of "limited" 61 Continuation of existing exemption: companies limited by shares 62 Continuation of existing exemption: companies limited by guarantee 63 Exempt company: restriction on amendment of articles 64 Power to direct change of name in case of company ceasing to be entitled to

exemption

Inappropriate use of indications of company type or legal form 65 Inappropriate use of indications of company type or legal form

CHAPTER 3

SIMILARITY TO OTHER NAMES

Similarity to other name on registrar's index 66 Name not to be the same as another in the index 67 Power to direct change of name in case of similarity to existing name 68 Direction to change name: supplementary provisions

Similarity to other name in which person has goodwill 69 Objection to company's registered name 70 Company names adjudicators 71 Procedural rules 72 Decision of adjudicator to be made available to public 73 Order requiring name to be changed 74 Appeal from adjudicator's decision

CHAPTER 4

OTHER POWERS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

75 Provision of misleading information etc 76 Misleading indication of activities

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CHAPTER 5

CHANGE OF NAME

77 Change of name 78 Change of name by special resolution 79 Change of name by means provided for in company's articles 80 Change of name: registration and issue of new certificate of incorporation 81 Change of name: effect

CHAPTER 6

TRADING DISCLOSURES

82 Requirement to disclose company name etc 83 Civil consequences of failure to make required disclosure 84 Criminal consequences of failure to make required disclosures 85 Minor variations in form of name to be left out of account

PART 6

A COMPANY'S REGISTERED OFFICE

General

86 A company's registered office 87 Change of address of registered office

88 Welsh companies

Welsh companies

PART 7

RE-REGISTRATION AS A MEANS OF ALTERING A COMPANY'S STATUS

Introductory 89 Alteration of status by re-registration

Private company becoming public

90 Re-registration of private company as public 91 Requirements as to share capital 92 Requirements as to net assets 93 Recent allotment of shares for non-cash consideration 94 Application and accompanying documents 95 Statement of proposed secretary 96 Issue of certificate of incorporation on re-registration

Public company becoming private

97 Re-registration of public company as private limited company 98 Application to court to cancel resolution

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99 Notice to registrar of court application or order 100 Application and accompanying documents 101 Issue of certificate of incorporation on re-registration

Private limited company becoming unlimited 102 Re-registration of private limited company as unlimited 103 Application and accompanying documents 104 Issue of certificate of incorporation on re-registration

Unlimited private company becoming limited 105 Re-registration of unlimited company as limited 106 Application and accompanying documents 107 Issue of certificate of incorporation on re-registration 108 Statement of capital required where company already has share capital

Public company becoming private and unlimited 109 Re-registration of public company as private and unlimited 110 Application and accompanying documents 111 Issue of certificate of incorporation on re-registration

PART 8

A COMPANY'S MEMBERS

CHAPTER 1

THE MEMBERS OF A COMPANY

112 The members of a company

CHAPTER 2

REGISTER OF MEMBERS

General 113 Register of members 114 Register to be kept available for inspection 115 Index of members 116 Rights to inspect and require copies 117 Register of members: response to request for inspection or copy 118 Register of members: refusal of inspection or default in providing copy 119 Register of members: offences in connection with request for or disclosure of

information 120 Information as to state of register and index 121 Removal of entries relating to former members

Special cases 122 Share warrants 123 Single member companies

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124 Company holding its own shares as treasury shares

Supplementary 125 Power of court to rectify register 126 Trusts not to be entered on register 127 Register to be evidence 128 Time limit for claims arising from entry in register

CHAPTER 3

OVERSEAS BRANCH REGISTERS

129 Overseas branch registers 130 Notice of opening of overseas branch register 131 Keeping of overseas branch register 132 Register or duplicate to be kept available for inspection in UK 133 Transactions in shares registered in overseas branch register 134 Jurisdiction of local courts 135 Discontinuance of overseas branch register

CHAPTER 4

PROHIBITION ON SUBSIDIARY BEING MEMBER OF ITS HOLDING COMPANY

General prohibition 136 Prohibition on subsidiary being a member of its holding company 137 Shares acquired before prohibition became applicable

Subsidiary acting as personal representative or trustee 138 Subsidiary acting as personal representative or trustee 139 Interests to be disregarded: residual interest under pension scheme or

employees' share scheme 140 Interests to be disregarded: employer's rights of recovery under pension

scheme or employees' share scheme

Subsidiary acting as dealer in securities 141 Subsidiary acting as authorised dealer in securities 142 Protection of third parties in other cases where subsidiary acting as dealer in

securities

Supplementary 143 Application of provisions to companies not limited by shares 144 Application of provisions to nominees

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PART 9

EXERCISE OF MEMBERS' RIGHTS

Effect of provisions in company's articles 145 Effect of provisions of articles as to enjoyment or exercise of members' rights

Information rights 146 Traded companies: nomination of persons to enjoy information rights 147 Information rights: form in which copies to be provided 148 Termination or suspension of nomination 149 Information as to possible rights in relation to voting 150 Information rights: status of rights 151 Information rights: power to amend

Exercise of rights where shares held on behalf of others 152 Exercise of rights where shares held on behalf of others: exercise in different

ways 153 Exercise of rights where shares held on behalf of others: members' requests

PART 10

A COMPANY'S DIRECTORS

CHAPTER 1

APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

Requirement to have directors 154 Companies required to have directors 155 Companies required to have at least one director who is a natural person 156 Direction requiring company to make appointment

Appointment 157 Minimum age for appointment as director 158 Power to provide for exceptions from minimum age requirement 159 Existing under-age directors 160 Appointment of directors of public company to be voted on individually 161 Validity of acts of directors

Register of directors, etc 162 Register of directors 163 Particulars of directors to be registered: individuals 164 Particulars of directors to be registered: corporate directors and firms 165 Register of directors' residential addresses 166 Particulars of directors to be registered: power to make regulations 167 Duty to notify registrar of changes

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